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Abiotic Factor

Deep Field Games · Playstack · 2025-07-22

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionAdventureRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Jul 22, 2025 (PlayStation 5), Jul 22, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S), Jul 22, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Abiotic Factor is a survival crafting experience for 1-6 players set in the depths of an underground research facility. Caught between paranormal containment failure, a military crusade, and chaos from a dozen realms, the world’s greatest minds must survive against the universe’s biggest threats.

3,357
playing now
96%
positive of 58k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83
twitch viewers (latest)
92/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (44 ratings)
75h
to beat · rushed 42h · completionist 97h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$34.99
steam price (US)

3,357 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Abiotic Factor is a 2025 survival game developed by New Zealand-based independent studio Deep Field Games and published by Playstack. Set in 1993, players assume the role of scientists stranded in a vast underground research facility in the Australian outback. Players must salvage furniture, collect office supplies, craft tools, build fortifications, defend against paranormal containment breaches, and travel through interdimensional portals in an effort to escape to the surface.

Health check

Cooling
  • · 3,357 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6,721 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~840/week).
  • · Review velocity down 51% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.2M–2.6M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 58,150 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $15.79 at AllYouPlay (2024-05-06)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $34.99 · on sale 84 of 121 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7.1k7.1k20242026Week of 2024-05-01: 7,076 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 251 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1,724 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1,625 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1,689 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 823 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1,095 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2,373 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,396 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 707 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1,406 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 898 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 923 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 796 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 517 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2,111 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 155 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3,020 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 197 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1,299 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 918 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3,448 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 966 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 879 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 600 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 639 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 588 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1,091 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 705 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 854 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 310 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4.7k1.4k2026-08-06 22:00 — 2,947 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 1,945 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 3,065 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 3,325 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 2,607 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 3,887 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 4,045 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 2,775 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 4,328 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 4,038 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 1,994 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 3,127 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 2,924 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 1,726 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 2,997 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 2,459 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 1,737 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 3,159 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 4,132 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 2,148 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 1,964 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 3,107 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 2,977 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 2,454 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 3,198 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 2,838 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 1,470 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 2,943 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 3,357 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$34.99$13.992024-05-012026-08-142024-05-01 — best price $24.992024-05-09 — best price $19.982024-05-27 — best price $19.752024-06-13 — best price $19.732024-07-11 — best price $24.992024-07-23 — best price $18.732024-07-31 — best price $22.482024-08-20 — best price $17.772024-09-18 — best price $22.482024-10-01 — best price $15.842024-11-01 — best price $19.992024-12-02 — best price $24.992024-12-29 — best price $19.992025-01-09 — best price $17.492025-02-03 — best price $17.892025-02-20 — best price $13.992025-03-21 — best price $24.992025-04-14 — best price $18.892025-05-13 — best price $34.992025-06-29 — best price $21.242025-07-14 — best price $19.892025-07-28 — best price $20.372025-08-14 — best price $29.742025-08-31 — best price $34.992025-10-09 — best price $23.992025-11-03 — best price $27.992025-12-01 — best price $26.992025-12-23 — best price $24.002026-02-02 — best price $34.992026-02-24 — best price $34.992026-03-13 — best price $27.992026-04-01 — best price $26.452026-05-04 — best price $27.992026-05-15 — best price $23.502026-06-01 — best price $26.992026-06-20 — best price $30.992026-07-09 — best price $34.992026-07-31 — best price $20.992026-08-14 — best price $27.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3661032026-05-29 — 190 pageviews2026-06-01 — 151 pageviews2026-06-04 — 184 pageviews2026-06-07 — 257 pageviews2026-06-10 — 174 pageviews2026-06-13 — 163 pageviews2026-06-16 — 185 pageviews2026-06-19 — 183 pageviews2026-06-22 — 187 pageviews2026-06-25 — 203 pageviews2026-06-28 — 227 pageviews2026-07-01 — 264 pageviews2026-07-04 — 233 pageviews2026-07-07 — 254 pageviews2026-07-10 — 161 pageviews2026-07-13 — 262 pageviews2026-07-16 — 235 pageviews2026-07-19 — 219 pageviews2026-07-22 — 188 pageviews2026-07-25 — 197 pageviews2026-07-28 — 179 pageviews2026-07-31 — 132 pageviews2026-08-03 — 168 pageviews2026-08-06 — 131 pageviews2026-08-09 — 129 pageviews2026-08-12 — 121 pageviews2026-08-15 — 177 pageviews2026-08-18 — 168 pageviews2026-08-21 — 131 pageviews2026-08-24 — 166 pageviews2026-08-26 — 141 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

32172026-08-26 19:15 — 75 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 205 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 199 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 113 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 17 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 107 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 165 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 154 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 102 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 88 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 63 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 197 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 79 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 117 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 187 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 178 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 63 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 38 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 51 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 100 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 151 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 321 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 311 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 122 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 68 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 25 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 49 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 86 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 83 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

53
achievements tracked
97.2%
earned "Crafty Creations"
24.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsAdjustable Text Size3 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)29,4724%53
PS5 (PlayStation)9,7697%54
Xbox Series (Xbox)9,4352%53

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FPSSci-fiSandboxScienceBuildingCraftingSurvivalExplorationMultiplayerEarly Access

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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